Bending–Rotation Coupling in the Viscoelasticity of Semiflexible PolymersRigorous Perturbation Analysis from the Rod Limit

• Published in: Macromolecules Vol. 57; no. 11; pp. 5289 - 5299
• Main Authors: Xiong, Zhongqiang, Seto, Ryohei, Doi, Masao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 11.06.2024
• Subjects: diffusivity; equations; polymers; storage modulus; viscoelasticity; viscosity

Brownian motion and viscoelasticity of semiflexible polymers is a subject that has been studied for many years. Still, rigorous analysis has been hindered due to the difficulty in handling the constraint that polymer chains cannot be stretched along the contour. Here, we show a straightforward metho...